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Breaking: Second Patient Death Prompts FDA Investigation of Sarepta’s Elevidys Gene Therapy
Second patient death from liver failure after Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy triggers FDA investigation. Stock crashes 41% ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
In a highly unusual move, Cambridge-based Sarepta said late Friday won’t comply with a request from the Food and Drug ...
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Sarepta Therapeutics lays off 500 employees amid FDA investigation, including 80 in Columbus
Sarepta Therapeutics announced it is laying off nearly 500 employees this week, including 80 at its Easton location.
Drugmaker Refuses F.D.A. Request to Pull Treatment Linked to Patient Deaths
The regulator had asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt all shipments of its therapy, Ele­vidys, after three patients died from ...
Sarepta shares fall 37% as FDA questions future of key gene therapy
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics fell close to 37% on Friday after reports emerged that the US Food and Drug Administration is ...
Sarepta shares slump after third patient death this year
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics declined 17% in early trading on Friday after another patient who had received an experimental ...
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FDA to ask Sarepta to stop shipping Duchenne gene therapy
The company had previously halted shipments to certain older patients following the deaths of two teenagers treated with the ...
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UPDATED: Analysts demand transparency after Sarepta's roundabout disclosure of 3rd patient death
On an investor call Friday, analysts grilled the company over its apparent lack of transparency on the matter.
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Sarepta Axes 500, 36% of Workforce, in Restructuring after DMD Patient Deaths
Sarepta Therapeutics said it will eliminate 36% of its workforce—approximately 500 jobs—in a restructuring that follows the ...
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FDA Scrutiny Intensifies as Sarepta Gene Therapy Faces Dire Setbacks
The FDA is set to request Sarepta Therapeutics to halt shipments of its gene therapy, Elevidys, after a third patient's death ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene ...